JOSH Teams Launched for TB Mukt Bharat in 55 Districts

The correct answer is Joint Squad for Health. That is the expansion of the acronym used by the Union Health Ministry for the squads being launched at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi, which bring Class-I Officers, MY Bharat Volunteers and NCC Cadets together for community work against tuberculosis. Option B is wrong because the squads are not an organisation of a sanitation character and the acronym does not refer to sanitation at all; their work is awareness, testing and treatment completion for a disease. Option C is wrong because the teams deliberately work outside hospitals, taking the message to blocks, wards and neighbourhoods rather than running a hospital outreach scheme. Option D is wrong on the same count, since hygiene is not the subject and the word Jan does not appear in the name, although public participation, called Jan Bhagidari, is the spirit behind the effort. Only option A gives the official expansion.

The correct answer is 55 districts in 11 States. The first phase of the squads has been planned on that scale, with the work concentrated at the block, ward and community level so that information about tuberculosis reaches people where they live and work rather than staying inside health facilities. Options A, B and D all misstate the spread of the opening phase, and candidates should note that examiners often pair the district count with the State count to test whether both have been memorised. Remember also that the phase is described as the first of its kind for these squads, so the figure is expected to grow later; the number asked about here is the launch phase, announced along with the venue Bharat Mandapam and the launch date of 8 October 2026. Learning the pair together is the safest way to answer such questions.

The correct answer is Class-I Officers, MY Bharat Volunteers and NCC Cadets. This combination is the heart of the design, because it joins administrative leadership with the youth reach of the MY Bharat platform of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports and the cadet network of the Ministry of Defence. Option A names front-line health functionaries who are already central to the wider tuberculosis programme but are not the three groups that constitute these particular squads. Option C is wrong because, although elected village representatives have played a large part in the campaign and were credited with the Panchayat-level results, the squads are not built from Panchayat members, National Service Scheme volunteers or Scouts. Option D mixes an administrative post with voluntary bodies that are not named as constituents of the teams. The three-way composition is exactly what makes the scheme a whole-of-government effort.